BBS Documentary Interview: Philip J. Kaplan
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- 2006
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- Bovine Ignition Systems
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Interview with Philip J. Kaplan, "pud" of FUCKEDCOMPANY.COM, for BBS: The Documentary. Conducted on March 2nd, 2002 in New York City, NY. Questions center around running a BBS, pirate groups, modem costs, what makes a web forum or BBS worthwhile to post on, tips for inciting conversation, and speculations on the personality behind running a BBS. Contains profanity. The interview was conducted in a rehearsal space leased by Mr. Kaplan and his band, and so the sound is unusual in that the microphone is located right next to him with gain turned down. The other bands rehearsing can be heard, occasionally quite clearly, in the background, but his words are always understandable. Because of the unusual lighting setup (practice stage lights were in use), there are harsh highlights on Kaplan. Also, the camera would occasionally automatically refocus to handle the unusual situation. Considered by Jason to be one of the top 10 interviews conducted for the documentary.
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- Jason Scott Sadofsky
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- 20020302-bbs-kaplan
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- New York City, NY
- Run time
- 0:43:02
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- mono
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- 2006
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December 5, 2022 (edited)
Subject: Cool guy, didn't really touch on anything of substance
Subject: Cool guy, didn't really touch on anything of substance
A lot of conversations about a lot of things, your stereotypical pirate WWIV sysop with a good outlook overall but didn't really do any deep diving into
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topics of interest. Great footage overall for laying down the foundations of a lot of subjects but in terms of listening to the interview for an hour and a half it kind of left you wanting more. On top of that having your ear drums occasionally shattered when he went into a random drum solo was fun. I like that at the end it seems like Jason just unplugged the mic entirely to save us the agony.
Pic Page http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/photos/020kaplan/index.html
The one thing that does annoy me is that there were at least one or two other interviews that spoke specifically about Phil Kaplan and I should have watched this one immediately afterwards so I could have more contacts in terms of who he was and better appreciate the interview but I probably have watched 20 or 30 since then before watching this one and now I have completely forgotten who this man was and what role he played to the BBS scene as a whole. Oh well
Big thanks to Jason for making the trip to whatever dungeon club this interview was done in and forgetting this man's words on tape
Pic Page http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/photos/020kaplan/index.html
The one thing that does annoy me is that there were at least one or two other interviews that spoke specifically about Phil Kaplan and I should have watched this one immediately afterwards so I could have more contacts in terms of who he was and better appreciate the interview but I probably have watched 20 or 30 since then before watching this one and now I have completely forgotten who this man was and what role he played to the BBS scene as a whole. Oh well
Big thanks to Jason for making the trip to whatever dungeon club this interview was done in and forgetting this man's words on tape
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October 30, 2007
Subject: Excellent
Subject: Excellent
This is one of the best Asperger syndrome videos I have seen!
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